How to make a shooter in Hammer?

[How to make a shooter]

Guys, I'm wondering how to make one of those shooters with "env_shooter", ive seen some in minigame-maps, but when I try to make one myself, the model that I picked to shoot out, just stands still... see? I made a gun out of brushes, and put the Env_Shooter out where the projectile should come out, and I made a button to launch it, but when the button is pressed, the object just spawns and stands still... I want it to go in a direction. Hooooow?
Also make it to take damage?

[Zeph]

Dear "How to make a shooter"

Please learn how to make a topic post. The field known as "name" is for an alias or name we can use to talk to you.

Regarding your topic of the same title as your so called 'name':

m_flVelocity
<float> Gib Velocity - Speed of the fired gibs.
Make sure this is non-zero (try '100' and then adjust to suit).

angles
<angles> Gib Direction (Pitch Yaw Roll) - The direction the gibs will fly.
Make sure this is away from your 'gun'.

By 'Take Damage' do you mean you want the gibs to be destroyable? or the gun to be destroyable? or for the projectiles to hurt you if you get hit by them?
I'm guessing the last one. I doubt it's possible directly.
One would suggest spawning your Entity with a point_template, and using a trigger_push with a speed like 5000 with the flag "Physics Objects" and/or "Physics Debris" ticked so it does not affect players.

[Peetyland]

I'm so sorry... I thought I choosed the Stay Logged in as "Forever" last time I logged in, but It seems like not, so I thought "Name" was name of topic or something... But I'm logged in now, so yeah.

Thanks for replying.
Yes I ment that the projectile would hurt a player if he hit it. I also have another question; My gun is staying completely still. So what if I could make it go to left or right? Do I need to use the thruster things?

[Zeph]

what game is this for Peety?

Gibs i don't think can hurt players when shot from a shooter (directly). You'll have to 'launch' a physbox brush-entity via a trigger push with a high speed (Spawned by point_template). Physboxes do hurt players then they collide.

The other way to do it is to add a trigger hurt in the same location(s) as the projectile path, and turn this on and off quickly when it fires, to "fake" the damage.

What gibs are you trying to fire?
Does this gun move?
Does it have to be a 'shooter' or could it be just a 'gun' ?

[Peetyland]

It's for CS:S

Your idea of the physbox lauch thing is good, I think i might use it if it's ok for you if I steal your idea?

-I'm firing the combine ball, and a small bullet.
-The gun don't move, but I want it to.
-I just made something out of brushes which kinda looks like a standing minigun, if you know.

And oh, now I get the "The system cannot find the file specified" or something, which makes me unable to play on my map...

[Zeph]

Paste your compile log and i'll look for the error causing the file not to be created.

How to make a COMPLEX Gatling Gun:
ubermicro.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=main&thread=1686&page=1#11989

You can use an (invisible: brightness = 0) env_laser out the end of the gun to deal damage.

[Peetyland]

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vbsp.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun"

Valve Software - vbsp.exe (Dec 11 2006)
3 threads
materialPath: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\counter-strike source\cstrike\materials
Loading C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun.vmf
Brush 740: FloatPlane: bad normal
Side 1
Texture: DEV/DEV_MEASUREGENERIC18


** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vvis.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\counter-strike source\cstrike" -fast "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun"

Valve Software - vvis.exe (Nov 8 2007)
fastvis = true
3 threads
reading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun.bsp
Error opening c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun.bsp

** Executing...
** Command: "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk\bin\ep1\bin\vrad.exe"
** Parameters: -game "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\counter-strike source\cstrike" "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun"

Valve Software - vrad.exe SSE (Nov 8 2007)
----- Radiosity Simulator ----
3 threads
[Reading texlights from 'lights.rad']
[18 texlights parsed from 'lights.rad']

Loading c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun.bsp
Error opening c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun.bsp

** Executing...
** Command: Copy File
** Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\peetyland\sourcesdk_content\cstrike\mapsrc\cs_gun.bsp" "c:\program files\steam\steamapps\peetyland\counter-strike source\cstrike\maps\cs_gun.bsp"

The command failed. Windows reported the error:
"Systemet finner ikke angitt fil."




Thanks for the link, I'll give it a shot

[Zeph]

Brush 740: FloatPlane: bad normal
Side 1
Texture: DEV/DEV_MEASUREGENERIC18

Ctrl+Shift+G, type in "740". It probably has two faces in the same plane. Delete and remake.

[Peetyland]

Wow nice, it works now It was a cylinder that was kinda messed up.

Buuuuut now I have another problem... It's not very big, but I was making a room with furniture and stuff, and then I wanted the room to get filled with water, so I made a water brush and tied it to 'func_water_analog' but there wasn't the move direction things and stuff, and then I discovered that the 'func_movelinear' and 'func_water_analog' kinda swapped, so the func_movelinear has the options that func_water_analog has, and vice verca.. see? So I used the func_movelinear to move the water, but it doesn't have the water effect, you can't swim in it... which kinda makes it all pointless to have the water there at all.

[Zeph]

Water needs to be a WORLD BRUSH (not entity)
with the TOP side as water
and ALL OTHER (5) sides as NODRAW

[Peetyland]

I do that, but how can I make the room slowly get filled with water and still be able to swim in it?

[Zeph]

developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Moving_Water

[Peetyland]

But thats my problem, take a look at this picture

img297.imageshack.us/img297/1246/saltt.jpg

I think they kinda swapped, and now when I use the Func_Movelinear instead, since I can't use the Func_Water_Analog, it doesn't make it to water... It's like a non-solid brush with water texture floating upwards which you can't swim in.

[therealguymins]

Feb 24, 2010 0:55:13 GMT Peetyland said:

But thats my problem, take a look at this picture

img297.imageshack.us/img297/1246/saltt.jpg

I think they kinda swapped, and now when I use the Func_Movelinear instead, since I can't use the Func_Water_Analog, it doesn't make it to water... It's like a non-solid brush with water texture floating upwards which you can't swim in.

Use a Func_water_analog for the water, and have a func_movelinear under it. parent the func_water_analog to the func_movelinear, and make the func_movelinear move up.
The water will now rise. make sure the func_movelinear doesn't go up too high or the water will go above you and be very awkward. Hope this helped.

[Peetyland]

Yay, thanks